Amnesty International Malaysia is concerned about the recent discussions on refugees in Parliament and the comments by Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar on the rationale for not recognising refugees. This position clearly reflects the government’s lack of respect for human dignity and human rights.

Amnesty International Malaysia urges Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to raise the issue of human rights violations and the on-going tragedy of Darfur with President Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir when he visits Sudan on Monday

The large majority of detainees who remain in Guantánamo are held in cruel conditions of isolation which flout international standards, according to a new report, USA: Cruel and inhuman - Conditions of isolation for detainees in Guantánamo Bay, published by Amnesty International today.

Amnesty International Malaysia believes that the two Malaysians, Mohd Farik Amin and Mohammed Nazir Lep detained at Guantanamo would not receive a fair trial according to international standards, despite the call by the Malaysian government as stated by Member of Parliament, Datuk Shabery Cheek yesterday.

Discrimination in law, social practice and attitude, impunity and indifference are the underlying causes of violence against women. In many countries, laws, policies and practices discriminate against women, denying them equality with men - politically, economically and socially.